A. No person as principal, agent, clerk, employee, corporate officer, partner, trustee or otherwise, for himself/herself/itself, or for any other person or entity, shall commence or conduct any filming activity within the City without first obtaining a film permit from the Police Department.
1. No film permit shall be issued unless the film permit application and all required information and documentation, including insurance and indemnification, is submitted at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled start time of the filming activity.
2. For good cause, the film permit application and related documentation may be submitted at another appropriate time but before the filming activity occurs.
B. Insurance coverage. The permittee shall be required to maintain insurance coverage in a type and amount as determined by the City, and execute an indemnification agreement in a form acceptable to the City, prior to the issuance of any film permit.
C. 1. Film permit fees. The permittee shall pay all required film permit fees as established by resolution of the City Council.
2. Exception. The Chief of Police, at his or her sole discretion, may waive any film permit fees for any municipal, county, state and/or federal government agency, government official, 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization, or student of a certified film studies course, if he or she determines that the public interest would be better served by such waiver.
D. Film permit change fee. A film permit change fee, in an amount established by resolution of the City Council, shall be assessed for any change made to a film permit after it has been issued.
E. Film permit cancellation fee. A film permit cancellation fee, in an amount established by resolution of the City Council, shall be assessed for any film permit that is cancelled less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled start time of the filming activity.
(Ord. No. 2004-018 § 1 (part))